Life in 1620

What do you think life would be like in 1620?? Life would be dangerous; for sure:

• Poisonous snakes
• Hungry, wounded, sick, or scared animal
• Unknown terrain: you could twist a ankle, drowned if you fell into a lake if you couldn't swim, get seriously injured and die from the injury
• Eating deadly plants, infected meat, and for those with food allergies, eating something you had allergies to.
• Bad harvest/low food supplies with a bad winter could be very dangerous

Homes:

• Pilgrim first homes took several months to build with all the men
• Single men would live in a house with up to 8 men in it, while each home held a single family
• Wampanoag Indians spring, summer, and fall homes could be built in a day. Their winter homes took two weeks to build and held several families.

Clothing

• The Wampanoag made their clothing from deer and shoes from deer,elk and moose.
• The Pilgrims originally had clothing sent pre-made and didn't make their clothing til later in America.

Food

• Finding food probably wasn't a big problem. They could plant food as well as fish,hunt,and collect  food
• The Wampanoag would eat fowl, beaver, otter, muskrat, as well as various nuts and fruits.

Learning

• Both communities would teach their children various skills.

Hygiene

• Both communities wash.
• The Pilgrims bath a few times a year. They wash their faces, hands, neck, and feet before Sabbath. They wash their clothing in a tub with lye(soap made of wood-ash
• The Wampanoag wash daily and brushed their teeth with charcoal.Also, they wash their clothing in the river.

If you would like to read more here is the article I pulled my information from: 1620 Daily Life